Push Hunt For Killer Of Dahlia
Los Angeles police redoubled the hunt for the Red ex marine flyer after clearing two suspects in the Black Dahlia case. Edward Glen Thorpe a 38 year old cowboy was released after investigators said he knew nothing of Elizabeth Short’s brutal dismemberment. George Piette 26 of Redondo Calif was arrested on auto theft charges in Parker Arizona and said to have blood splatters on a car tied to the case but not connected to the slaying. Authorities pressed to find the last man seen with the victim and searched Los Angeles and San Diego for the sought ex marine named Red.
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Los Angeles
Red
Edward Glen Thorpe
Elizabeth Short
Thorpe
George Piette
Redondo
Calif
Parker, Ariz
San Diego
Man Crazy
Southside
Lover’s Lane
Merced
Miss Short
Army
San Francisco
Cook’s Union
Dan
Studebaker
Riverside
States Urged To Broaden Job Insurance
The Social Security Administration urged states to expand unemployment coverage in 1947 to over 41 million workers including government, agricultural, non profit and domestic workers. Proposals include $25 max weekly benefits, 26 week coverage, looser disqualification rules, sickness cash benefits, and broader good cause definitions.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Em State
SSA
Court frees ex Navy man held by marines in Cedar Rapids
Edward A. Drainer, 25, released from the navy brig at Treasure Island after a 15 month service and a prior burglary record in Cedar Rapids, Morgantown and Arcata. Ninth Circuit affirmed district court ruling that his navy time made him square with the government.
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Cedar Rapids
Navy
West Virginia
Marine Corps
Ninth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. District
Michael J. Roche
Edward A. Drainer
Treasure Island
Associated Press
San Francisco
Drainer
San Diego
Morgantown
W. Va
California
Arcata
Aeabe Roche
Crandic Suspends Swisher Operator After Collision
Walter Parrish of West Branch Crandic lines operator at Swisher is suspended after an interurban crash that injured three women. Chief Dispatcher John Miller ordered the meet and the southbound train hit the northbound car driven by J W Hageman. one passenger, Margaret Nosek, is in fair condition with shock and cuts. The company will continue its inquiry through Sunday.
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Walter Parrish
West Branch
Crandic Lines
Swisher
Robert E. Farrell
Crandic
Farrell
Cou Falls
Iowa River Bridge
Parrish
John Miller
Cedar Rapids
Fred Thompson
Ninth Avenue SW
Thompson
J. W. Hageman
Washington Avenue
Margaret Nosek
Iowa City
Mercy Hospital
Faroe
Bananas Rushed by Air To Eire To Save Poet
Three hands of bananas were air shipped from New York to Shannon airport to aid a dying Irish poet Eoghan Roe Ward after a cable from Dublin’s lord mayor John McCann. The urgency came from Irish Mayor William O'Dwyer who acted on the report that the poet’s life could be saved if the fruit arrived promptly.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
Shannon Airport
O’dwyer
John McCann
Dublin
Eoghan Roe Ward
Phoenix teen elected mayor of Boys Town Nebraska
Joe Schrantz a 17 year old high school senior from Phoenix Arizona was elected mayor of Boys Town Nebraska this Saturday after a week of campaigning. He succeeds Jim Mitchell an 18 year old from St Joseph Missouri as mayor.
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Boys Town
Neb
Joe Schrantz
Phoenix
Ariz
Schrantz
Msgr. E
Uranium Found Across Five Chinese Provinces Near Soviet Border
Chinese geologists report uranium deposits in at least five provinces including Sinkiang near the Soviet border and southern Manchuria. They warn the government has not yet banned private mining and China lacks sufficient physicists and equipment for atomic research. Dr. Wong Wen hao notes discussions with Russian agents about tungsten. Chao Chung yao studies at Harvard with hopes for a cyclotron.
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Nanking
Sinkiang
Russia
International News Service
Manchuria
Chinese National Assembly
Wong Wen-hao
China
Sinkiang Province
Wong
Wuan
Outer Mongolia
Chao Chung-yao
Harvard University
United States
Eng-Ten Sah
Academia Sinica
Government Research Institute
Chao
Harvard
Greek Cabinet on Verge of Collapse After Resignations
Athens AP report says Gen Stylianos Gonatas resigns as deputy premier and withdraws National Liberal party from government. Apostolos Alexandris also quits, leaving Premier Constantin Tsaldaris facing a confidence vote Monday as unity factions dissolve and Reformist support shrinks.
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Athens
Stylianos Gonatas
Greece
National Liberal Party
Constantin Tsaldaris
Tsaldaris
Gonatas
Apostoly Alexandris
Alexandris
Tsal
Marshall to Be Sworn in Monday
General George C. Marshall will take the oath as secretary of state Monday at 11 a.m. in the White House office, Chief Justice Vinson administering. He will meet President Truman afterward to discuss state department matters after returning from China where he served as ambassador.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Fred M. Vinson
Truman
State Department
Marshall
Honolulu
Mr. Truman
China
White House
Eee
Spartanburg, S. C
Thompson
Georgia
Emd
Talmadge
Arnall
Court of Appeals
Hugh McIntyre
CIO Charges Congress tipped industry against portal pay claims
In Washington CIO General Counsel Lee Pressman testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that some congressmen were tipping industrialists not to settle portal to portal pay suits as Congress nears action to outlaw them. He argued such legislation would be unconstitutional and urged a three to six year limit on back wage suits.
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Washington
CIO
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lee Pressman
Pressman
Homer E. Capehart
R-Ind
Margin easing lifts stocks in early trading
The Federal Reserve Board relaxed margin controls sparking an early market rally in New York. Prices rose a few cents to as much as $2, but gains were trimmed to about $1 or less across most issues as trading continued.
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New York
Federal Reserve Board
Blind Chicago wedding celebrates seven visually impaired attendants
Kathleen Margetta and Robert J. Riley wed in Chicago with all seven attendants, including the flower girl, blind. The couple met on the assembly line at an adding machine company four months ago and shared daily work, bowling with friends and Kathleen attending cooking classes.
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Chicago
Kathleen Margetta
Robert J. Riley
Kathleen
Tony Margetta
Medford
Wis
Robert
Vincent M. Farmer
Georgia Claimant Faces Governorship Battle in Court
ATLANTA AP Herman Talmadge asserts he will bow to Georgia court rulings on governorship but disputes their jurisdiction. Lt. Gov. M E Thompson proclaims acting governor powers and warns of possible use of troops to seize capitol and mansion if Talmadge does not vacate. The crisis follows Arnall’s contest of Talmadge’s election and Kinglike power struggle across executive offices.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
INS
M. E. Thompson
Thompson
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Talmadge
State Capitol
Capitol
Poland braces for polls as guards fill streets
In Warsaw the government mobilizes 500000 security police and volunteers with tommy guns to protect election sites while polls open amid allegations the vote was fixed. American and British observers monitor the balloting as the four party democratic bloc seeks a majority in Poland's first postwar general election.
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Warsaw
Ins
Poland
Democratic Bloc
Peasant Party
Ier Stanislaw Miko
Prices of Butter Still Sliding Down Toboggan
Chicago wholesale butter prices fell again with Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co selling 93 score butter at 69 cents a pound, two cents lower than Friday.
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Chicago
SNS
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
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